Franziskus-Marterl
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[[File:WAA_Mrz_1989_11.jpg|thumb|[[Francis of Assisi|St. Francis]] is preaching to the birds]] |
[[File:WAA_Mrz_1989_11.jpg|thumb|[[Francis of Assisi|St. Francis]] is preaching to the birds]] |
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[[File:Altenschwand Franziskusmarterl 18 06 2017 03.JPG|thumb|Thanks for end of [[Wackersdorf reprocessing plant|WAA]] - "The bow of God to protect the earth"]] |
[[File:Altenschwand Franziskusmarterl 18 06 2017 03.JPG|thumb|Thanks for end of [[Wackersdorf reprocessing plant|WAA]] - "The bow of God to protect the earth"]] |
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The '''Franziskus-Marterl''' is a [[chapel-shrine]] in the southeast of the unfinished [[Wackersdorf reprocessing plant |
The '''Franziskus-Marterl''' is a [[chapel-shrine]] in the southeast of the unfinished [[Wackersdorf reprocessing plant|Wackersdorf reprocessing plant (WAA)]] "Im Blaubeerwald" in Altenschwand ([[Bodenwöhr]], [[Schwandorf (district)]], [[Bavaria]]). |
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The WAA resistance marterl is dedicated to [[Francis of Assisi]] and is surrounded by several other protest monuments |
The WAA resistance marterl is dedicated to [[Francis of Assisi]] and is surrounded by several other protest monuments. The "Franziskus-Marterl" is a stone reminder of the fight against the reprocessing plant.[https://www.onetz.de/deutschland-und-die-welt-r/lokales/gedenken-an-den-waa-baustopp-d143234.html Gedenken an den WAA- Baustopp] - ([[:de:Der neue Tag (Weiden in der Oberpfalz)|de:Onetz]], 31 May 2014) |
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== History == |
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The chapel was built in 1984 on {{ill|Michael Meier (activist)|de|Michael Meier (Umweltaktivist)}}'s property. A building permit was not required for the small structure. On September 30, 1984, the wayside shrine chapel was consecrated by Catholic priest {{ill|Richard Salzl|de|Richard Salzl}} together with Protestant pastor Matthias Kietz.[https://www.mittelbayerische.de/lokales/landkreis-schwandorf/trauer-um-waa-pfarrer-richard-salzl-30-jahre-wirkte-er-in-penting-und-seebarn-14326781 Trauer um WAA-Pfarrer Richard Salzl – 30 Jahre wirkte er in Penting und Seebarn.] (Mourning for WAA pastor Richard Salzl – he served in Penting and Seebarn for 30 years.), [[Mittelbayerische Zeitung]], 14 September 2023 |
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At the shrine in the mid-1980s, WAA opponents met every Sunday at 14:00 for an ecumenical prayer and then moved into the area or to the hoarding. This is the same place where today the "Marterlgemeinde" meet four times a year to a prayer: at the [[Chernobyl disaster]][http://www.mittelbayerische.de/index.cfm?pid=10073&pk=656917 Gedenken an die Atom-Katastrophe – Für die Mitglieder der Marterlgemeinde ist der Widerstand gegen Kernenergie heute so aktuell wie vor 25 Jahren.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106214638/http://www.mittelbayerische.de/index.cfm?pid=10073&pk=656917 |date=2014-11-06 }} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160101144618/http://www.mittelbayerische.de/region/schwandorf-nachrichten/gedenken-an-die-atom-katastrophe-21416-art656917.html archive] – ([[Mittelbayerische Zeitung]] vom 25. April 2011) and [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] in memory of the shrine's saint [[Francis of Assisi]] on 3 October and on Christmas Eve. |
At the shrine in the mid-1980s, WAA opponents met every Sunday at 14:00 for an ecumenical prayer and then moved into the area or to the hoarding. This is the same place where today the "Marterlgemeinde" meet four times a year to a prayer: at the [[Chernobyl disaster]][http://www.mittelbayerische.de/index.cfm?pid=10073&pk=656917 Gedenken an die Atom-Katastrophe – Für die Mitglieder der Marterlgemeinde ist der Widerstand gegen Kernenergie heute so aktuell wie vor 25 Jahren.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106214638/http://www.mittelbayerische.de/index.cfm?pid=10073&pk=656917 |date=2014-11-06 }} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160101144618/http://www.mittelbayerische.de/region/schwandorf-nachrichten/gedenken-an-die-atom-katastrophe-21416-art656917.html archive] – ([[Mittelbayerische Zeitung]] vom 25. April 2011) and [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] in memory of the shrine's saint [[Francis of Assisi]] on 3 October and on Christmas Eve. |
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== Monument ensemble == |
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The Franziskus-Marterl includes several monuments: |
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* St. Francis Chapel, 1984; artist {{ill|Berndt Trepesch|de|Berndt Trepesch}} |
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* The stolen cross of Wackersdorf, 1985; {{ill|Stefan Preisl|de|Stefan Preisl}} |
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* [[Cross of Wackersdorf]][https://chrismon.evangelisch.de/artikel/2011/das-kreuz-von-wackersdorf-11771 Das Kreuz von Wackersdorf] (The corss of Wackersdorf), [[Chrismon (magazine)|Chrismon-magazine]], August 2011 1986; artist Stefan Preisl |
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* Der zerrissene Mensch (The torn Man); 1987, artist {{ill|Michael Graßl|de|Michael Graßl}} |
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* Stations of the Cross Memorial Cross [[Wackersdorf]]-[[Gorleben]] 1988 |
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* God's bow to protect the earth 1989; artist Valerie Schwandner ([[Schwarzenfeld]]) |
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* further memorial plaques and resistance trees |
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== See also == |
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* {{ill|List of monuments related to the Wackersdorf reprocessing plant|de|Liste der Denkmäler zur Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage Wackersdorf}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* {{Commons category-inline|Franziskus-Marterl}} |
* '''{{Commons category-inline|Franziskus-Marterl}}''' |
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* [https://www.kultur-gegen-die-waa.de/index.php/2-uncategorised/9-christlicher-widerstand |
* [https://www.kultur-gegen-die-waa.de/index.php/2-uncategorised/9-christlicher-widerstand Christian resistance - The Franziskus-Marterl is being built], Uli Otto: Kultur gegen die WAA, 2023) |
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* [https://www.otv.de/mediathek/video/atom-aus-andenken-und-party-bis-zum-abschalten/ Atom-Aus: Andenken und Party bis zum Abschalten] |
* [https://www.otv.de/mediathek/video/atom-aus-andenken-und-party-bis-zum-abschalten/ Atom-Aus: Andenken und Party bis zum Abschalten], Oberpfalz TV, 17 April 2023 |
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* [https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/nach-waa-widerstand-schueler-restaurieren-franziskus-marterl,QpSL2xS Nach WAA-Widerstand: Schüler restaurieren Franziskus-Marterl] |
* [https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/nach-waa-widerstand-schueler-restaurieren-franziskus-marterl,QpSL2xS Nach WAA-Widerstand: Schüler restaurieren Franziskus-Marterl], [[BR24]], 17 April 2018 |
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